By Carol L. O’Riordan In our last post, we discussed new Labor Department regulations that encourage the hiring and promotion of Vietnam-era and other veterans. In addition to the issues discussed in that post, it’s noteworthy that the new regulations mandate yearly documentation of contractor efforts to recruit and hire protected veterans. A contractor is...
Month: September 2013
New Labor Dept. Rule Tries to Enhance Hiring of Vietnam-Era Veterans
By Carol L. O’Riordan On August 27, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced a final rule intended to beef up the provisions of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (VEVRAA) that promote affirmative action for certain categories of veterans in hiring and promotion by...
New Federal Initiative to Give People With Disabilities More Jobs – Part 2
By Carol L. O’Riordan In a recent post, we discussed a new U.S. Department of Labor rule that creates for the first time an aspirational goal of 7 percent of the federal contract and subcontract workforce for people with disabilities. Under the new rule, contractors are required to initiate a voluntary self-identification program for job...
New Federal Initiative Aims to Give People With Disabilities More Jobs
By Carol L. O’Riordan Is the federal government doing enough to help people with disabilities get into the workforce and remain there in productive jobs? Are people with disabilities receiving their fair share of jobs in the federal contracting workforce? The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that it is taking action to try to...